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Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Steps taken by the government for creating an enabling ecosystem for entrepreneurship development
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship  is implementing PradhanMantri YUVA  Yojana, a pilot scheme, for creating an enabling ecosystem for entrepreneurship development through entrepreneurship education, training, advocacy and easy access to the entrepreneurship network in skill training institutes. The pilot is being implemented in ten States and two UTs including State of Uttarakhand. So far,around 60thousand candidates benefitted from this scheme including 3,836 candidates from the State of Uttarakhand.
Further, Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship , Guwahati, an autonomous organization under this Ministry is also providing training, research and consultancy activities in Small and Micro Enterprises , with special focus on entrepreneurship development. So far, around 2.5 lakh persons trained through more than 6700 programmes conducted by IIE.
This information was given by the Union Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, ShriDharmendraPradhan in a written reply in the RajyaSabha today.
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
MSP operation during Kharif Marketing Season 2020- 21
Paddy procurement for Kharif 2020-21 shows an increase of 24.58% over last year
In the ongoing Kharif Marketing Season  2020-21, Government continues to procure Kharif 2020-21 crops at its MSP from farmers as per its existingMSP Schemes, as was done in previousseasons.
Paddy procurement for Kharif 2020-21 is progressing at good pace in the procuring States & UTs of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Chandigarh, J&K and Kerala with purchase of over 126.08 LMTs of paddy upto 22.10.2020 against the last year corresponding purchase of 101.20 LMT showing an increase of 24.58 %over last year. Out of the total purchase of 126.08 LMT, Punjab alone has contributed 81.81 LMT which is 64.89 % of total procurement. About 10.85 Lac farmers have already been benefited from the ongoing KMS procurement Operations with MSP value of Rs.23804.45 crore at MSP rate of Rs18880 per MT.
Further, based on the proposal from the States, approval was accorded for procurement of 45.10 LMT of Pulse and Oilseeds of Kharif Marketing Season 2020 for the States of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana, Gujarat, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh under Price Support Scheme . Further, sanction for procurement of 1.23 LMT of Copra  for the States of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala was also given. For other States/UTs, approval will also be accorded on receipt of proposals for procurement of Pulses, Oilseeds and Copra under PSS so that procurement of FAQ grade of these crops can be made at notified MSP for the year 2020-21 directly from the registered farmers, if the market rate goes below MSP during the notified harvesting period in the respective States/UTs by the Central Nodal Agencies through State nominated procuring agencies.
Upto 22.10.2020, the Government through its Nodal Agencies has procured 894.04 MT of Moong and Urad having MSP value of Rs.6.42 Crores benefitting 870 farmers in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Haryana. Similarly, 5089 MT of copra  having MSP value of Rs. 52.40 crore has been procured benefitting 3961 farmers in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. In respect of Copra and Urad, rates are ruling above MSP in most of the major producing States. The respective State/UTs Governments are making necessary arrangements for commencement of procurement from the date as decided by the respective States based onthe arrivals in respect of Kharif Pulses andOilseeds.
Cotton procurement operations under MSP are going on smoothly in the States of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. Till 22.10.2020, a quantity of 305097 cotton bales valuing Rs.86155.83 lakh has been procured benefitting 59453 farmers.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Ek Sankalp, Ek Lakshya – Aatmanirbhar Bharat: Shri Amit Shah
From 1st June 2020, only Indigenous Products will be sold at the Central Armed Police Forces  canteens and stores across the country
Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, made an appeal yesterday to make the country self-reliant and use products made in India. Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah has described this appeal as a guiding light to make India the Global Leader in future.
https://twitter.com/AmitShah/status/1260472519347310595?s=20
In this direction today, the Ministry of Home Affairs has decided that all the Central Armed Police Forces  canteens and stores across the country will now sell only indigenous products, from June 01, 2020. The total purchase value would be around Rs. 2800 crore. With this decision, 50 lakh family members of about 10 lakh CAPF personnel will use indigenous products.
The Home Minister also appealed to the people of the country and said, "You should use the products made in the country as much as possible and encourage others to do the same. This is not the time to be lagging behind, but to turn the crisis into an opportunity."
According to Shri Shah, if every Indian pledges to use products made in India , the country can become self-sufficient in next five years.
Appealing to the people of the country, the Home Minister said, "Let us all strengthen the hands of Prime Minister Modi in this journey of making India self-reliant, by using indigenous products."
Ministry of Minority Affairs
Union Minority Affairs Minister Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi participates with performing Yoga at his residence with people from different communities on the occasion of the Sixth International Yoga Day
The Union Minority Affairs Minister Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today participated in the Sixth International Yoga Day with performing Yoga at his residence with people from different communities. He advocated ‘Yoga with Family’, the theme of IDY this year, in the wake of the current pandemic of COVID-19, where mass gatherings are not advisable.
The IDY was celebrated with great enthusiasm across the country through electronic and digital media. The government maximized the use of social and digital media platforms to facilitate online participation from the people.
Shri Naqvi himself has been practicing Yoga for the last several years and says Yoga provides benefit to people of all age groups. He has been upholding that Yoga has now become “crown of the world’s health” and we feel proud that India’s thousands years old culture has proved to be “resource of health” for the entire world and its people. Shri Naqvi maintains that Yoga is more important today as human mind and body has been affected by stress and pollution. Yoga is the “golden key to good health” and “good health is real wealth”.
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
Welfare of Transgenders
The Registrar General of India , during Enumeration of Census 2011, for the first time provided three code i.e. Male-1, Female-2 and other-3 for enumeration. This was at the discretion of the respondent. In case the respondent wished to record neither ‘1’ nor ‘2’ then enumerator was instructed to record sex as ‘other’ and give code ‘3’. It is important to note that the Census of India does not collect any data specifically on ‘transgender’. Thus, the category of ‘other’ would not only include ‘transgender’ but also any person who desires to record sex under the category of ‘other’. It is also possible that some transgender would have returned themselves either male or female depending upon their choice. The population of ‘other’ as per Census 2011 is 4,87,803.
The details of funds allocated during the last three years is as under:
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Year
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B.E.
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R.E.
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2016-17
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Rs.15.00 Crore
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Rs. 1.0 lakh
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2017-18
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Rs.4.00 Crore
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Rs. 2.0 lakh
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2018-19
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Rs.1.00 Crore
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Rs. 1.0 Crore
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment had released Rs. 1.00 Crore to National Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation  for conducting skill development training programme for the members of Transgender Community during financial year 2018-19.
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state-wise population of ‘other’ as per Census 2011
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S.No.
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State
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Total population of 'other'
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||
|
|
|
1
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ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS
|
|
47
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||
|
|
|
2
|
|
ANDHRA PRADESH
|
|
43769
|
||
|
|
|
3
|
|
ARUNACHAL PRADESH
|
|
495
|
||
|
|
|
4
|
|
ASSAM
|
|
11374
|
||
|
|
|
5
|
|
BIHAR
|
|
40827
|
||
|
|
|
6
|
|
CHANDIGARH
|
|
142
|
||
|
|
|
7
|
|
CHHATTISGARH
|
|
6591
|
||
|
|
|
8
|
|
DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI
|
|
43
|
||
|
|
|
9
|
|
DAMAN & DIU
|
|
59
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||
|
|
|
10
|
|
GOA
|
|
398
|
||
|
|
|
11
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|
GUJARAT
|
|
11544
|
||
|
|
|
12
|
|
HARYANA
|
|
8422
|
||
|
|
|
13
|
|
HIMACHAL PRADESH
|
|
2051
|
||
|
|
|
14
|
|
JAMMU & KASHMIR
|
|
4137
|
||
|
|
|
15
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|
JHARKHAND
|
|
13463
|
||
|
|
|
16
|
|
KARNATAKA
|
|
20266
|
||
|
|
|
17
|
|
KERALA
|
|
3902
|
||
|
|
|
18
|
|
LAKSHADWEEP
|
|
2
|
||
|
|
|
19
|
|
MADHYA PRADESH
|
|
29597
|
||
|
|
|
20
|
|
MAHARASHTRA
|
|
40891
|
||
|
|
|
21
|
|
MANIPUR
|
|
1343
|
||
|
|
|
22
|
|
MEGHALAYA
|
|
627
|
||
|
|
|
23
|
|
MIZORAM
|
|
166
|
||
|
|
|
24
|
|
NAGALAND
|
|
398
|
||
|
|
|
25
|
|
NCT OF DELHI
|
|
4213
|
||
|
|
|
26
|
|
ODISHA
|
|
20332
|
||
|
|
|
27
|
|
PUDUCHERRY
|
|
252
|
||
|
|
|
28
|
|
PUNJAB
|
|
10243
|
||
|
|
|
29
|
|
RAJASTHAN
|
|
16517
|
||
|
|
|
30
|
|
SIKKIM
|
|
126
|
||
|
|
|
31
|
|
TAMIL NADU
|
|
22364
|
||
|
|
|
32
|
|
TRIPURA
|
|
833
|
||
|
|
|
33
|
|
UTTAR PRADESH
|
|
137465
|
||
|
|
|
34
|
|
UTTARAKHAND
|
|
4555
|
||
|
|
|
35
|
|
WEST BENGAL
|
|
30349
|
||
|
|
|
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|
Total
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487803
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||
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This information was given by Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Shri Rattan Lal Kataria in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Special Service and Features
BIS OFFICIALS RAID A PACKAGED DRINKING WATER UNIT MISUSING ISI MARK
A team of Officials from Bureau of Indian Standards , Chennai Branch Office-II, Chennai 600 113 conducted an Enforcement Search and Seizure operation today 19.07.2022 at M/s Sri Kanthamariamman RO Systems,S.No.42/101 A, Marampatti Road, Uthangarai TK, Krishnagiri District-635207 on information of suspected Misuse of ISI Mark.
During the operation, in pursuance of Section 28 of BIS Act 2016, the firm was found to be misusing the BIS Standard Mark  on Packaged Drinking water filled in PET Bottles bearing Brand Name “H2O”, without any valid licence/authorization [The firm’s licence expired in 2020, however then continued to process & pack - packaged drinking water with Standard Mark without any valid licence from BIS. Around 1000 nos. of PET bottles were seized during as it is a violation of BIS Act, 2016.
Action is being initiated by BIS SRO, CNBO-II, Chennai against the offender under the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016. The offence is punishable with imprisonment up to two years or a fine not less than Rs. 2,00,000/- but may extend up to ten times the value of goods or articles produced or sold or offered to be sold or affixed or applied with a Standard Mark or both as per Section 29 of BIS Act, 2016 for first Contravention.
General public are, therefore, requested that in case they come across any instances of Misuse of ISI Mark the same may be intimated to the BIS Southern Regional Office, CIT Campus, 4th Cross Road, Taramani, Chennai-600 113. Such complaints can also be made by using the BIS Care App or by sending an E-Mail to cnbo2@bis.gov.in. The source of such information would be strictly kept confidential. For further information, kindly contact BIS SRO Chennai Office on Phone No: 044-2254 1984. BIS Website www.bis.gov.in and eBIS  may be browsed for general information on BIS.
For More details on the Raid, kindly Contact Shri Kannan Govindaraj, Scientist-D , BIS, Chennai at 9645761095.
The above details are given by H.Ajay Khanna, Deputy Director, , BIS.
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Ministry of Education
Union HRD Minister announces retrospective recognition to Central and State Government conducted Teacher Education Courses
Union HRD Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' today announced that MHRD has brought out two Gazette Notifications dated 12th May 2020 to regularize retrospectively certain Teacher Education Programmes being conducted by some Central and State Govt Institutions. These programmes were being conducted without any formal recognition from National Council for Teacher Education . The Minister said that the decision was taken in the interest of students who were likely to suffer in this.
Background:
NCTE legally grants formal recognition to academic institutions for conducting any of the NCTE recognized courses meant for pre-service teacher education. It is only after qualifying any of these NCTE recognized courses that a person becomes legally eligible for appointment as a school teacher in India.
It was brought to the notice of MHRD that some of the Central and State Govt institutions had inadvertently admitted students in teacher education courses which were not recognized by NCTE. This rendered invalid the qualification acquired by these students for the purposes of employment as school teachers in India.
Retrospective recognition to courses:
An amendment to the NCTE Act, 1993 was initiated by MHRD to enable retrospective recognition to such courses. The amendment was notified on 11th January 2019, after being passed by both Houses of Parliament.
Notably this amendment only allows retrospective recognition up to Academic Session 2017-2018, thereby only regularizing the qualifications acquired by students in the past. It does not propose to leave it open for institutions to run unrecognized courses in future and thereafter approach for ex-post facto regularization.
In all 23 institutions of the Central and State Govt have benefitted involving about 13000 students and around 17000 in-service teachers.
As a result of these notifications the qualifications acquired by affected students and in-service teachers, now stands legally validated.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Bilateral Trade between India and GCC grew from US$ 87.35 billion in FY 2020-21 to US$ 154.66 billion in FY 2021-22
Bilateral Trade between India and the Gulf Cooperation Council grew from US$ 87.35 billion in FY 2020-21 to US$ 154.66 billion in FY 2021-22, registering an increase of 77.06% on a year-on-year basis. Since FY 2017-18, on a compounded annual growth rate basis, bilateral trade between India and the GCC has grown by 10.57%.
Details of India’s exports to the GCC during the last five financial years is as follows:
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India's Exports to GCC
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Values in USD Billion
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S.No.
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Country
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2017-2018
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2018-2019
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2019-2020
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2020-2021
|
|
2021-2022
|
|
1
|
|
BAHRAIN
|
|
0.56
|
|
0.74
|
|
0.56
|
|
0.53
|
|
0.90
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|
2
|
|
KUWAIT
|
|
1.37
|
|
1.33
|
|
1.29
|
|
1.05
|
|
1.24
|
|
3
|
|
OMAN
|
|
2.44
|
|
2.25
|
|
2.26
|
|
2.36
|
|
3.15
|
|
4
|
|
QATAR
|
|
1.47
|
|
1.61
|
|
1.27
|
|
1.28
|
|
1.84
|
|
5
|
|
SAUDI ARABIA
|
|
5.41
|
|
5.56
|
|
6.24
|
|
5.86
|
|
8.76
|
|
6
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UAE
|
|
28.15
|
|
30.13
|
|
28.85
|
|
16.68
|
|
28.04
|
|
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GCC Total
|
|
39.39
|
|
41.62
|
|
40.47
|
|
27.76
|
|
43.93
Source: DGCIS
This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Smt. Anupriya Patel, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
STAFF EMPLOYED IN THE PMU
There are currently 39 PMUs working as part of the Programme Monitoring Unit  of Department of Social Justice and Empowerment. 15 PMUs are from 2021 Batch and 24 PMUs are from 2022 Batch. The eligibility criteria for selection for the PMU position is:
- Young professionals under the age of 28 years.
- Holding a graduate or post-graduate degree in social work from top 400 institutes  of country ranked by MHRD under NIRF 2021 ranking.
The induction training for 2022 batch of PMUs was conducted from 23rd June, 2022 to 30th June, 2022. The topics covered includes welfare scheme for SC/OBC, scholarship schemes, welfare of Safai karmacharis, Shreshtha Schemes, Schemes of National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction , Atal Vayo Abhyuday Yojana  i.e. welfare of Senior Citizens, field visits.
They visited the Integrated Rehabilitation Centre for Addicts/Outreach and Drop In Centres/Community based Peer Led Intervention/CCH during the induction training at New Delhi and Ghaziabad, respectively.
As per Standard Operating Procedure , PMU staff visits IRCA/ODIC/CPLI site. Their visit reports are countersigned by the concerned agencies/NGOs running these centres and PMU coordinators. After that, these reports are submitted to National Institute of Social Defence  for verification. Director, NISD also countersigns these reports and then submits them to the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
This information was given by Minister of state for Social Justice and Empowerment Sushri Pratima Bhoumik in the Rajya Sabha in a written reply today.
Ministry of Rural Development
Government on course to achieve targets under Rural Housing Programme – Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana- Gramin 
A record of 10 lakh houses built in a year
Hon’ble Prime Minister launched Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana  on 20th November, 2016 from Agra. A target of completing one crore new houses by 31st March, 2019 was set. Of these, 51 lakh houses are to be completed by 31st March, 2018.
To meet the challenge of assisting 51 lakh Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana  beneficiaries in construction of their homes by March, 2018, the Ministry of Rural Development, in partnership with the State Governments, has taken many steps, including setting month-wise target for completion of houses. The target for completion of 10 lakh houses by November, 2017 has been achieved on 29th November, 2017, i.e. before the appointed date for completion of 10 lakh houses. It is expected that 15 lakh houses will be completed by 31st December 2017; 25 lakh houses by 31st January, 2018; 35 lakh houses by 28th February, 2018 and 51 lakh houses by 31st March, 2018.
Towards meeting the target of construction of 51 lakh houses by March, 2018, while 56.90 lakh beneficiaries have been sanctioned houses, 51.39 lakh beneficiaries have received 1st instalment, 31.03 lakh beneficiaries have nearly reached roof-cast levels and for 16.05 lakh beneficiaries the house construction is nearing completion. States like Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, who have highest number of PMAY-G beneficiaries, are on course for completion of PMAY-G houses within the prescribed time-frame.
The faster completion of quality houses has been assisted by payment of assistance directly into the beneficiary account through IT-DBT platform. To ensure good quality of house construction, Rural Mason Trainings have been organized to facilitate availability of trained masons in the rural areas. Space technology and IT platforms are being used to monitor complete cycle of house construction, right from identification of beneficiary to construction stages of houses to completion and each stage is being geo-tagged. States have taken adequate steps to ensure continuous availability of construction material at reasonable prices so that the pace and quality of construction is not adversely affected.
PMAY-G houses with facilities like toilet, LPG connection, electricity connection, drinking water etc., are changing the countryside at a faster pace. While in some states houses under PMAY-G are coming up in clusters / colonies , at other places they are being constructed on the beneficiary’s land. House designs prepared by UNDP-IIT, Delhi or by the concerned states have been made available to beneficiaries to choose the house designs that they like. Bouquet of house designs has resulted in technically sound houses of different designs coming up in rural areas which are a treat to watch.
The progress of PMAY is in public domain and can be seen by any one on awaassoft.nic.in with geo-tagged photographs and complete details of beneficiaries and payments made to them.
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Ministry of Finance
Quarterly Report on Public Debt Management – Q4 FY 2018-19 
Since Apr-June  2010-11, Public Debt Management Cell  (earlier Middle
Office), Budget Division, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance has been bringing out a quarterly report on debt management on a regular basis. The current report pertains to the quarter Jan - March 2019 .
During Q4 of FY19, the Central Government issued dated securities worth `1,56,000 crore as against ₹67,000 crore in Q4 of FY18. The weighted average maturity  of new issuances stood at 14.18 years in Q4 of FY19 . The weighted average yield  of issuances for the same quarter was 7.47 per cent compared to 7.82 per cent in Q3 of FY 19. The temporary cash flow mismatches were bridged through issuance of Cash Management Bills amounting to ₹60,000 crore during the quarter. The net average liquidity injection by RBI under Liquidity Adjustment Facility  including MSF was ₹52,364 crore during the quarter.
The total liabilities  of the Government, increased to ₹84,68,086 crore at end-March 2019 from ₹83,40,027 crore at end-December 2018. Public debt accounted for 89.5 per cent of total outstanding liabilities at end-March 2019. Nearly 28.27 per cent of the outstanding dated securities had a residual maturity of less than 5 years. The holding pattern indicates a share of 40.5 per cent for commercial banks and 24.6 per cent for insurance companies by end-December 2018.
G-Sec yields have softened in Q4 of FY19 with the decrease in weighted average yield of primary issuances to 7.47 per cent from 7.82 per cent in Q3 of FY 19 reflecting the impact of several developments namely decline in WPI and CPI inflation, reduction in the policy repo rate under the LAF by 25 bps, OMO purchase auction  and narrowing of trade deficit during Feb-March 2019. The yield on 10-year benchmark G-Sec  closed at 7.35 per cent on March 29, 2018. Central Government dated securities continued to account for a major share of total trading volumes in the secondary market, with a share of 83 per cent in total outright trading volumes in value terms during Q4 of FY19.
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Prime Minister's Office
PM pays tributes to Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee on his Jayanti
The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has remembered contributions of Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee and has paid rich tributes to him on his Jayanti.
The Prime Minister tweeted :
"Tributes to Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee on his Jayanti. He is widely respected for his contribution to India’s development particularly in sectors such as commerce and industry. He was also known for his scholarly nature and intellectual prowess."
Ministry of Defence
AIR FORCE STATION KALAIKUNDA TO ORGANIZE MINI MARATHON
Kolkata, January 27, 2019
As part of Republic Day Celebrations – 2019 , Air Force Station Kalaikunda will conduct a Mini Marathon under the theme ‘Know Your Forces’ at Sersa Stadium in Kharagpur town on Sunday 20 January 2019. The event will be flagged off by Air Commodore Saji Antony, Air Officer Commanding, AF Station Kalaikunda. The Mini Marathon aims to create awareness amongst the youth about the opportunities available for the young men and women in the Indian Air Force .
Participants drawn from Air Force Station Kalaikunda, Police Services, Railways and various school/colleges around Kharagpur are expected to take part in the event. Attractive prizes, certificates and gift items will be distributed to the winners and all participants who complete the run. The registration for the event would be entertained through mobile nos. 9849141012, 9050271767  or
email id kgp.minimarathon2018[at]gmail[dot]com . Last date for registration is
18 January 2019 . Aadhar Card/ other valid certificate as proof is mandatory for registration.
All participants will be divided into four categories-- U-16 years, 16-19 years, 19-45 Years and 45 years & above for male and female separately. Registered participants are to be available at the venue between 0530hrs to 0600 hrs on
20 January 2019. The run will be flagged off at 0615 hrs.